Schedule 5 Public registers

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Overview

Part 2 of this schedule contains provisions relating to the public registers of food control plans.

(2)

Part 3 of this schedule contains provisions relating to the public register of food businesses subject to a national programme.

(3)

Part 4 of this schedule contains provisions relating to the public register of recognised agencies, recognised persons, and recognised classes.

(4)

Part 5 of this schedule contains provisions relating to the public register of importers.

(5)

Part 6 of this schedule contains provisions relating to the public register of review decisions.

(6)

Part 7 of this schedule contains provisions common to all of those public registers.

Part 2 Public registers of food control plans

2 Requirement for, and purpose of, public registers of food control plans

(1)

The chief executive must keep and maintain, or arrange to be kept and maintained, 1 or more public registers of food control plans that record all food control plans registered under subpart 2 of Part 2 of this Act.

(2)

The purpose of the public registers is—

(a)

to enable members of the public to know—

(i)

what business operations are subject to food control plans; and

(ii)

who the operators of those plans are and the position or designation of the persons who are responsible for the day-to-day management of those plans; and

(b)

to facilitate the ability of the chief executive and territorial authorities to achieve the safety and suitability of food; and

(c)

to facilitate the compliance, audit, and other supporting and administrative functions of the Ministry and territorial authorities under this Act.

3 Inspection of public register of food control plans

The chief executive must—

(a)

make the public register of food control plans available for public inspection, free of charge, at reasonable hours at the head office of the Ministry; and

(b)

supply to any person, on request and on payment of a reasonable charge (if there is one), a copy of any entry on the public register.

4 Contents of public registers of food control plans

A public register of food control plans must contain all of the following information in relation to each registered food control plan:

(a)

the name, trading name, and business address (including the electronic address, if available) of—

(i)

the food business or businesses covered by the plan; and

(ii)

if the plan applies to only 1 food business, the operator of the food business; and

(iii)

if the plan applies to more than 1 food business, the operator of the plan and the operator of each food business covered by the plan; and

(b)

the operators’ physical and electronic addresses for the purposes of section 378(3)﻿(a); and

(c)

the position or designation of the person who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the plan, as nominated by the person in control of the food business or businesses:

(d)

the date on which the plan was first registered, the date on which registration expires, and the registration number or other unique identifier allocated to the plan:

(e)

the scope of the operations to which the plan applies:

(f)

the physical address or, if appropriate, the location of the food business or its nominated home base:

(g)

the name of the registration authority:

(h)

any other particulars that may be prescribed in regulations:

(i)

the name of the verifier or verification agency that will carry out verification functions in respect of the plan.

Part 3 Public register of food businesses subject to national programme

5 Requirement for, and purpose of, public register of food businesses subject to national programme

(1)

The chief executive must keep and maintain a public register of food businesses subject to a national programme that are registered under subpart 3 of Part 2 of this Act.

(2)

The purpose of the public register is—

(a)

to enable members of the public to know—

(i)

what business operations are subject to a national programme; and

(ii)

who the operators of those food businesses are and the position or designation of the persons who are responsible for the day-to-day management of those businesses; and

(b)

to facilitate the ability of the chief executive and territorial authorities to achieve the safety and suitability of food; and

(c)

to facilitate the compliance, audit, and other supporting and administrative functions of the Ministry under this Act.

6 Inspection of public register of food businesses subject to national programme

The chief executive must—

(a)

make the public register of food businesses that are subject to a national programme available for public inspection, free of charge, at reasonable hours at the head office of the Ministry; and

(b)

supply to any person, on request and on payment of a reasonable charge (if there is one), a copy of any entry on the public register.

7 Contents of public register of food businesses subject to national programme

The public register of food businesses that are subject to a national programme must contain all of the following information in relation to each food business:

(a)

the full name and business address (including the electronic address, if available) of—

(i)

the owner of the food business; or

(ii)

the person in control of the food business:

(b)

the trading name of the food business:

(c)

the position or designation of the person who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the food business, as nominated by the person in control of the food business:

(d)

the date on which the food business was first registered, and the registration number or other unique identifier allocated to it:

(e)

the scope of the operations of the food business:

(f)

the physical address or, if appropriate, the location of the food business or its nominated home base:

(g)

the name of the registration authority:

(h)

the name of the verifier or verification agency (if any):

(i)

the duration of registration specified in regulations made under section 76(1)﻿(e) (if any):

(j)

any other particulars that may be prescribed in regulations.

Part 4 Public register of recognised agencies, recognised persons, and recognised classes

(d)

Part 6 Public register of review decisions

The chief executive must keep and maintain a public register of decisions on reviews of decisions described in section 354(2) or (4).

(2)

The purpose of the public register is to enable members of the public to know the outcome of reviews of decisions described in those sections.

15 Inspection of public register of review decisions

The chief executive must—

(a)

make the public register of review decisions available for public inspection, free of charge, at reasonable hours at the head office of the Ministry; and

(b)

supply to any person, on request and on payment of a reasonable charge (if there is one), a copy of any entry on the public register.

16 Contents of public register of review decisions

The public register of review decisions—

(a)

may contain any details about a review decision that the chief executive considers appropriate:

(b)

must not specify the outcome of a review until—

(i)

the period specified in section 362(2) for bringing an appeal has expired; or

(ii)

if an appeal under section 362, 364, or 365 is pending, the appeal has been determined.

Part 7 Supplementary provisions common to all public registers

17 Form of, and access to, public registers

(1)

A public register required to be kept under clause 2, 5, 8, 11, or 14 may be kept in any manner the chief executive thinks fit, including, either wholly or partially, by means of a device or facility—

(a)

that records or stores information electronically or by other means; and

(b)

that permits the information so recorded to be readily inspected or reproduced in usable form; and

(c)

that permits the information to be accessed by electronic means, including by means of remote log-on access.

(2)

A public register must be operative at all times unless the chief executive suspends the operation of the register, in whole or in part, in accordance with subclause (3).

(3)

The chief executive may refuse access to a public register or otherwise suspend the operation of a public register, in whole or in part, if the chief executive considers that it is necessary to do so due to an event or cause beyond the reasonable control of the chief executive.

18 Alterations to public registers

The chief executive may, at any time, make any amendments to a public register required to be kept under clause 2, 5, 8, 11, or 14 if they are necessary to—

(a)

reflect any changes in the information referred to in clause 4, 7, 10, 13, or 16; or

(b)

correct a mistake caused by any error or omission on the part of the chief executive.

19 Certain personal information may be excluded from public registers

Despite clause 4, 7, 10, 13, or 16, the chief executive may omit or remove information about the business address of a person from a public register if—

(a)

the person requests the chief executive to do so on the basis that the address relates to a dwellinghouse; and

(b)

the chief executive considers that the disclosure of the information on the public register would constitute an unreasonable interference with the privacy of any individual.